<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 36-204. - Board of adjustment.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               <span class="ital">Board defined.</span> The term "board" means the board of adjustment.
               
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               (b)
               
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               <span class="ital">Established.</span> A board of adjustment is created by this article for the purposes set out in G.S.
               153A-345.
               
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               (c)
               
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               <span class="ital">Composition.</span> The board shall consist of five regular members and two alternates.
               
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               (d)
               
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               <span class="ital">Terms.</span> Their terms of office shall be three years, except for original appointments which
               shall be staggered so the terms of all members do not expire at the same time.
               
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               (e)
               
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               <span class="ital">Voting.</span> An alternate shall vote only in the case of the absence or disqualification of a
               regular member. The concurring vote of four-fifths of the board members shall be necessary
               to:
               
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               (1)
               
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               Reverse any order, requirement, decision or determination of the development ordinance
               enforcement officer;
               
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               (2)
               
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               Decide in favor of the applicant any matter upon which it is required to pass under
               this article; or
               
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               (3)
               
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               Grant a variance from the provisions of this article.
               
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